Chapter 220: The choice of stealth method
"Here's the fat man... No, Elder... No, that's the Doctor?"
"Meow!"
"So here is the fat man...... And the elders?"
"Meow!"
"The fat man with the elders?"
"Meow!"
The black cat's tail flicked under his robe, Zheng Qing stood up and looked back at Jiang Yu: "That's the general situation...... What do you think? Which way do we go first?"
Jiang Yu frowned, looking at the two dog paw prints on the humble map, the cat ears in his hair subconsciously pulled to the sides, and a trace of embarrassment appeared on his face.
Because whether it is Xiao Xiao, or the fat man, or Zhang Jixin, they are not close to their position. If they were to meet at the Enchanted Forest, it would definitely take a lot of time on the way.
"Let's make peace with the doctor as the center. ”
The witch finally gave her own suggestion and raised an index finger: "First of all, the distance between the three of us is about the same, but from our point of view, most of the places where the doctor is located are within the observable range, and the danger is controllable, and we can't observe the mountains where the elder and the fat man are located for the time being. ”
"Neither the forest nor the mountains are the best place to gather. Zheng Qing nodded, agreeing with the witch's point of view.
Jiang Yu raised his second finger and continued to analyze: "Secondly, according to the information provided by Edamame, the doctor is currently one person, and we are both two people, relatively speaking, whether it is the two of us, or the fat man and the elder, it is safer along the way and can bear the risk of long-distance travel." ”
"Third, we are not safe here. Zheng Qing glanced at the dead mouse on the ground that was still bubbling with blood on its neck, and then looked back at the dark oak forest: "...... My gut told me that the forest was a bit dangerous. It's not safe for us to stay here for too long. ”
Jiang Yu also glanced back at the oak forest.
The figures with brown silhouettes and slick fur were much fewer, but the slapping sound coming from the woods was getting more and more intense. This does not bode well.
The witch withdrew her gaze.
"In addition, in the process of the four of us getting closer to the doctor, we were able to collect the information of the four of them for the doctor's divination. Jiang Yu mentioned the last point, which Zheng Qing did not take into account: "In a strange world, any information is a very important divination element...... If the three of them were to move closer to us, they would only be able to gather information for three people. ”
Divination is the most important way for a hunting team to gain the initiative in a strange hunting ground, and hearing this, Zheng Qing finally made up his mind.
"You go back now, tell the fat man and the elders, and start moving in the direction where the doctor is. The young student squatted in front of Edamame, pressed one hand on the dog's head, and said to it solemnly:
"Leave a doppelganger to show us the way...... The rest of the main focus is on the Doctor, making sure he's safe before the hunting party assembles, understand?"
The dog held its head high, wagged its tail, and meowed.
Another 'edamame' suddenly rose from it, leapt into the void, and disappeared without a trace in the blink of an eye. The figure of the dog who remained in place became a little more illusory, and his eyes were much duller.
Zheng Qing patted its head comfortingly.
The dog habitually wagged its tail and purred comfortably in its throat.
In the process, Jiang Yu had already begun to pack up the various magic utensils, materials, and books that the two had placed in the guardian circle before.
Zheng Qing helped clean up the embers after the magic test, using a small copper spatula into a glass jar and stuffing them into a gray cloth bag. For a skilled soothsayer, many details can be inferred from these traces, and any experienced hunting party will leave as few traces as possible during the hunt.
It wasn't until Jiang Yu was about to put away the jade buckles and lift the guardian circle that Zheng Qing stopped her.
"I have a bad feeling," he said, stopping the witch from her movements, and looked uneasily into the depths of the oak grove, where the creature with its slick fur and brown silhouette had been hiding all along, "...... I think we should be a little more cautious. I mean, if we leave in front of their eyes, we can't get rid of their tracking. ”
"You're going to set a trap for them?" the witch followed Zheng Qing's gaze to the oak forest and bit her lip, "With this magic circle alone, it won't last long." Magical creatures have great instincts. ”
"It doesn't take long, you just have to get rid of them. Zheng Qing took out a stack of explosion charms and two phantom charms from the gray cloth bag, shook them in front of the witch, and said with a smile: "...... Let them stare at the two shadows in a daze. Now the question is, how do we get out of here quietly. ”
Jiang Yu pulled out a silver-white cloak from her bag.
"Luckily, I don't usually bring it. She shook off the cloak and said in a brisk tone, "So we can slip away from them quietly." ”
After the cloak was shaken off, the silvery-white color on the surface quickly faded and became transparent, and the witch's figure was covered by the cloak, leaving only the upper body outside.
It's an invisibility cloak.
Zheng Qing touched the material of the cloak in surprise, it was as smooth as flowing water, and the light fell on the cloak, without encountering the slightest resistance, and easily penetrated it, transmitting the scenery behind the cloak to the front.
"Fantastic...... I wanted to ask if there was a similar invisibility spell in your book. He unabashedly praised the reliability of the cloak of invisibility, and at the same time, his fingers stuffed in the gray cloth bag quickly dropped the two invisibility talismans that he was about to take out, and replaced them with two slippery cloud talismans.
"This cloak is big enough to fit both of us. The witch spread her arms and happily gestured to their height and posture.
Zheng Qing had no doubt about this.
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Outside the circle, in the oak forest.
More and more Zugos poured in from the depths of the Enchanted Forest, hiding in the dim shadows of the oaks, sipping on the sap drink and staring at the mushroom-like barrier.
In the enchantment, two strange wizards have been doing strange experiments - the wizard has a wad of runes full of bright red runes in his hand and buries them everywhere in the barrier, while the witch keeps pouring potions of different colors into a glass while stirring vigorously with a glass rod.
The milky white mist slowly emerged from the glass, precipitated downward, flowed in all directions, hit the edge of the barrier, and rolled back. The mist gradually piled up, from the ankles of strange wizards, to their knees, to their chests, until it completely submerged them.
There was a panicked beating sound in the oak grove.
The Zugoths noticed that they could no longer see the two strange wizards—although reason told them that the two wizards must still be in the enchantment, their instincts unnerved them.
The eldest Zugo patted his chest with his wizened paws, instructing the young, strong Zugos to lean closer to see what the two wizards in the enchantment were doing.